Arts correspondent Nina Tonga looks at how a sector goal to bring art to the people has unexpectedly been realised, thanks to Covid-19. She joins Kathryn to talk about how different galleries and museums have got involved - from #MuseumChallenge, where people have been recreating works at home, to 'virtual walks' through galleries and opera watched 'alone together'.
Objectspace in Auckland - ‘One Single Object - At Home’
Galleries reimagine public programmes through virtual tours: https://artsandculture.google.com/project/street-view
Guy Fisher Gallery, Auckland - online gallery
Dowse Art + Museum – two artist events via Zoom:
http://dowse.org.nz/events/crafting-through-the-chaos
http://dowse.org.nz/events/kathryn-tsui-make-your-own-loom-workshop
Te Papa - Little page of calm
Christchurch Art Gallery 'Lockdown-bubble, from mine to yours'
Art Gallery NSW – Together in Art
Sweet Land, Industry Opera available on Vimeo
Rosie and co. from Porirua nail the #MuseumChallenge with this recreation of Colin McCahon's 'The Angel of the Annunciation'. Photo: Twitter
